Times of Islamabad

Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif lands in hot waters

Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif lands in hot waters

ISLAMABAD – PML-N president and opposition leader in the National Assemblyand former Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif lands in hot waters.

NAB appeals against opposition leader Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif’s bailhave been fixed for hearing by the three-member bench of the Supreme Courton October 22.

According to sources, NAB has approached the Supreme Court against MianShahbaz Sharif for the cancellation of bail in clean water and Ashianascandals.

It may be recalled that the Lahore High Court had granted bail in ShahbazSharif’s Asheena Housing Scheme and Ramadan Sugar Mill case and orderedthem to be released.

The court had granted bail in Shahbaz Sharif’s Aashiyana Housing Scheme andRamadan Sugar Mill case and Fawad Hassan Fawad in Ashiana housing scheme.

It is to be noted that NAB is investigating the Ashiana Iqbal HousingScheme, clean water case in corruption of billions of rupees in whichformer Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and others are nominated. FormerLDA Director General Ahad Cheema and former Prime Minister Nawaz SharifPrincipal Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad have already been arrested in theAshiana Iqbal Housing Scheme.